By Charles Crenshaw When people find out I was born in Charlottesville, they generally say, “You must have seen many changes.” And they are right. I was born in Charlottesville and have lived in or around here all my seventy-five years, except for my military time. I have seen many changes, some for the better and some not so good. The corner “mom and pop” store locations, for … [Read more...]
Grilled Trout
The Game Department is hard at work, stocking trout in all the appropriate mountain streams and lakes, and fishermen are having early success. That means stocked trout will be welcomed guests at numerous dining room tables, which is good and bad. The bad part is that stocked trout are lacking in flavor, and any flavor they may have tastes like fish food pellets, not crawfish. Hatchery trout spend … [Read more...]
The Best Bet? Tautogs!
By Dr. Julie Ball Most news is centered around the weather, which seems to be the most interesting thing going on right now since choices are limited on the saltwater fishing front. Ocean striped bass are still a no-show in Virginia’s legal waters. These fish are wintering so far off the coast, it’s not likely inshore anglers will encounter them again until they return to the Bay to spawn. … [Read more...]
Old Golf Jokes
The Pope met with the College of Cardinals to discuss a proposal from Shimon Peres, the former leader of Israel. "Your holiness," said one of the Cardinals, "Mr. Peres wants to determine whether Jews or Catholics are superior by challenging one of us to a golf match." The Pope was greatly disturbed, as he had never held a golf club in his life. "Not to worry," said the Cardinal, "we'll call … [Read more...]
Don’t Fence Me In
I’m preparing for the coming garden season. I’m ordering seeds, testing the soil, planning my early and late plantings and mending fences. Mending fences? Yep, that’s the only way I have been able to salvage some of the fruits of my labor. Deer, you know. Back yard gardeners, you see, have a deer problem. More than drought, more than a late cold snap, more than a swarm of locusts, deer … [Read more...]
Perch Jerking
“Perch” Maynard was a long time guide on the New River before up and moving to South Carolina in order to battle redfish and speckled trout rather than smallmouth bass. “Perch” received his nickname from the legendary fly tier and fishing guide, Chuck Kraft. Chuck teasingly told Maynard that when it came to fishing, he was little more than a perch jerker, and the name stuck. “Perch” wore it … [Read more...]
Thoughts On Selling Your Home
By Judy Savage It’s often tough to have to sell your home, to leave the neighborhood and all the friends you have come to know and love. But when there is no choice but to leave – to sell your home – here are some tips that I have found over the years that will help maximize the return on your investment. First of all, when trying to sell your home, sometimes you need to turn the … [Read more...]
Encyclopedias: You Can Look It Up
“Hey mom, what’s an arachnid?” “I’m busy icing this cake. Get an encyclopedia and look it up.” And we did. Boomers, that is. Those of us fortunate to have a set of encyclopedias in our homes looked it up. If not, we went to the school library the next day. Printed encyclopedias have largely gone the way of passenger pigeons. Old sets now languish on E-bay. Good Will stores refuse … [Read more...]
Try a Fresh Picnic Ham
On a trip to the grocery store last week, I had in mind a Boston Butt pork roast, cooked all day at a low oven setting. My fellow foodie, Terry Tigner, wrote about that method of cooking in one of my first CvilleBuzz issues last winter. I saw a decent Boston Butt (which isn’t a butt at all, but rather a pork shoulder) but right beside it was a fresh picnic ham that had just been … [Read more...]
Icy Ramps
Potomac River Report By Capt. Steve Chaconas Our slight water warm-up to near 40 will be short lived as the weekend cold front blows through. Cold nights around 20 will make ramps treacherous – so be careful. Walking the banks along Four Mile Run, the water is around 50 and clear. Make long casts parallel to the bank with Lucky Craft Pointer 78 suspending jerkbaits. Use 6-8 pound test … [Read more...]
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